Posted on 12/29/2008 6:53:14 PM PST by goldstategop
As night fell, and we lit our Chanukah candles, we were filled with new hope; as our government finally undertook its basic responsibility towards its citizens and launched the long-delayed IDF strike against Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
We were overjoyed that our planes had caught the Hamas murderers completely off-guard. They managed a magnificent coordinated attack on major Hamas military and police outposts that took minutes and did major damage. This included a strike on the swearing-in ceremony at the end of a Hamas military training program, sending all the "graduates" to an early martyrdom before they could use their training to kill more Israeli children. It left us proud and joyful.
Our news program showed us the home of a couple in southern Israel that had been completely destroyed by an unprovoked rocket attack this afternoon. The woman of the house, Aviva, was interviewed. She was asked if she agreed with the IDF strikes on Gaza that would provoke rocket attacks. With complete calm she said if this was the price the citizens of Israel had to pay for bringing peace and security back to southern Israel, it was a price she was willing to pay.
Later, Aviva and her husband, who miraculously escaped injury, lit Chanukah candles in their rubble-filled living room. When they said the blessing, "He who did miracles in days of old and in our own time," it gave us all a sense of renewed faith.
The map showing which parts of Israel are now endangered, and which residents will have to spend the next few weeks in security rooms, is a startling fulfillment of the predictions of all those who begged that the Disengagement not take place. No longer is it just the citizens of Sderot. With the homes of the brave residents of Gush Katif destroyed, and the Philadelphi corridor no longer patrolled by the IDF, unlimited sophisticated equipment has been pouring into Hamas hands for years. Now, the rockets are falling in Netivot and Ashkelon, and threatening Kiryat Gat.
Just for some masochistic fun, I turned from the Israeli news to BBC. Of course, they were interviewing some Hamas spokesman talking about "Israeli atrocities, massacres, slaughter," etc. etc. But even Fox News had some blond bimbo repeating similar things from her "Palestinian source." It's not Israel's bad PR. It's the desire of the media to listen to the terrorists and sympathize with them. They are the ones who decide who to interview. Just shut off your televisions. Don't read the newspapers. Hopefully, Israel is going to finish them off this time.
Even the leftists, like Amos Oz, who usually lives in the Land of Oz when it comes to fighting against terror, seems to understand this, and has come out in favor of self-defense. Wow. Amazing. A leftist who believes Israel shouldn't commit suicide. That didn't stop three hundred leftists from marching in Tel Aviv to protest. I suggest we send them all to Sderot to live for the next few weeks. I also worry about our other fifth column, Israeli Arabs. There were Molotov cocktails thrown at police patrols in eastern Jerusalem, and Arabs marching in Nazareth and other places. We should send them all to Gaza to be with their "brethren."
Also last night, memorial services were held for the Chabad rabbi and his wife killed in Mumbai. With the recent release of photographs of how Mumbai terrorists sexually mutilated their victims in the hotels, we cannot cry for dead terrorists. Evidence is mounting that the residents of Chabad house were tortured more than other hostages. In light of this, I say with no hesitation that the world would be a better place if every Muslim terrorist - Hamas, PLO, Al-Qaeda, Taliban (who are now threatening to kill any Pakistani girl who goes to school), and Janjaweed (who have slaughtered and raped their way through Darfur) were sent to their Allah and their 72 virgins immediately.
As for civilian casualties, Hamas only targets civilians. And their "civilians" elected them, after all. If their civilians get hurt because their elected government decided to end the ceasefire and put rocket launchers inside their neighborhoods, whose fault is that? In the war that Hamas declared, it remains us or them. I prefer them.
I have one wish: that every reporter, every pundit, every media outlet presenting Israel's just and long-delayed war against terrorists in Gaza as a brutal, unjustified "slaughter of innocents" find themselves personally involved with terrorists at some point in their lives.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Prayers for our friends in Israel.....
Tell it.
Amen.
Pretty much always good advice.
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Beautiful. Kill all terrorists and let Allah sort them out.
Go IDF. Seek out the bad guys and kill, kill, kill. There’s no shame in self-defense and no crime in killing one who comes to murder your children and destroy your homes.
And screw the news media. Texas is behind you.
All this bashing by media, protesters, and govt officials of all countries (those that are) make me SICK! What has the world come to when people stand in support of brutal terrorists?
What she said. HELL yes!
The Jewish fantasy is no more fantastic than the Gentile one.
Have a clique. Embellish it. Polish it. Give it a daunting history. And then whine about the world being annoyed with it.
Do you hear me Pat Robertson? Louis Farrakhan? Joseph Smith? L. Ron Hubbard? Martin Luther?
How many muslims would condemn pan-islamism?
Not many, I suspect.
My prayers are that the Israelis finish the job this time.
It needs to be done before Obama becomes President. He is in way over his head.
I can’t imagine how he’ll cope with the first full time job he’s had in his entire life and be able to do anything meaningful in support of Israel at the same time.
It is going to severely cut down his time for gym workouts and basketball.
Thanks for posting this wonderful article!
And on a related note:
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/32309_Hamas_Bringing_Back_Crucifixion
If the Israelis weren’t so hooked on our foreign aid/loan guarantees/heroin they wouldn’t have to jump up and dance every time our Sec’y of State clapped her damn hands.
Oh, what an excellent wish, Naomi!!!!! God, make it so!
Can I also wish the same for those "journalists" here in the USA who cried a river over Abu Ghraib, Gitanamo, so-called eavesdropping on terrorists and every casualty in Iraq?
Long overdue. I wish I could agree that this is being done for the right reasons but the scandal-plagued Kadima is doing this to keep from being turfed out by an enraged electorate.
This is the same bunch that gave away the store in the first place. Olmert and Zippy blew the 2nd Lebanon War spectacularly and until just a few days ago were desperately trying to hand the Golan back to Syria.
For them, it’s all about trying to show the voters that they’ve got Big Ones too.
Remember the Monica Wars? This fight happens to actually be necessary, but the same principle is in operation here.
I have a feeling that this is the first time in his life that President Obama will have to work hard and do something that really matters and has an awesome responsibility.
I don’t think that he will be able to handle the pressure and the work load. I hope that he can but I just don’t see it.
He is so unprepared and I don’t think he is that sharp and he has led an insulated life surrounded by people that agree with him and no one that didn’t. Look at what happens when he is confronted by a question he doesn’t want to answer or can’t because he isn’t knowledgeable enough.
I also don’t think he has a moral base.
They ought to smite the jihadists wherever they are to be found..
Wow, Mike, your post pegs Obama to a tee. :)
I am actually relieved he has two young daughters. They MIGHT just humanize him and make him a little less hard. I have to agree with Rush so far though: Obama is a cold fish.
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